IP Library Granted Patent US 10,938,064
Granted Patent B2
US 10,938,064 · App. 16/982,020 · Granted Mar 2, 2021

Sulfide-type compound particles, solid electrolyte, and lithium secondary battery

Inventors: Takahiro Ito (Ageo, JP); Tsukasa Takahashi (Ageo, JP); Masaru Hyakutake (Ageo, JP); Teruaki Yagi (Ageo, JP)
Assignee: Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd.
H01M10/0562C01B17/22C01B17/45C01B25/14H01M4/136H01M4/58H01M10/0525C01P2002/74H01M2004/027H01M2004/028
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Patent No.
US 10,938,064
App. No.
16/982,020
Granted
Mar 2, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

Sulfide-type compound particles microparticulated, having an argyrodite-type crystal structure, and including lithium (Li), phosphorus (P), sulfur (S), and a halogen (Ha). As sulfide-type compound particles that can inhibit generation of hydrogen sulfide gas even upon contact with moisture in the atmosphere, provided are sulfide-type compound particles having D50 in a volume-basis particle size distribution of 50 μm or less and having an occupancy of sulfur (S) and the halogen (Ha) in the S3 (4a) site, as calculated by a neutron diffraction measurement, of 85% or more.

Claims (12)

1. Sulfide-type compound particles having an argyrodite-type crystal structure, comprising lithium (Li), phosphorus (P), sulfur (S) and a halogen (Ha), wherein

D50 in a volume-basis particle size distribution obtained by measurement using a laser diffraction scattering type particle size distribution measurement method is 50 μm or less, and

the occupancy of sulfur (S) and the halogen (Ha) in the S3 (4a) site, as calculated by a neutron diffraction measurement, is 85% or more.

2. The sulfide-type compound particles according to claim 1 , comprising, as the halogen (Ha), one or two or more of fluorine (F), chlorine (Cl), bromine (Br), and iodine (I).

3. A solid electrolyte comprising the sulfide-type compound particles according to claim 1 .

4. The solid electrolyte according to claim 3 , wherein D50 in the volume-basis particle size distribution obtained by measurement using a laser diffraction scattering type particle size distribution measurement method is 50 μm or less.

5. An electrode material for a lithium secondary battery, comprising the solid electrolyte according to claim 3 , and a positive electrode active material and/or a negative electrode active material.

6. A lithium secondary battery comprising a layer comprising the solid electrolyte according to claim 3 .

7. A solid electrolyte comprising the sulfide-type compound particles according to claim 2 .

8. The solid electrolyte according to claim 7 , wherein D50 in the volume-basis particle size distribution obtained by measurement using a laser diffraction scattering type particle size distribution measurement method is 50 μm or less.

9. An electrode material for a lithium secondary battery, comprising the solid electrolyte according to claim 7 , and a positive electrode active material and/or a negative electrode active material.

10. A lithium secondary battery comprising a layer comprising the solid electrolyte according to claim 7 .

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 31, 2026
From: MITSUI MINING AND SMELTING COMPANY, LIMITED
To: MITSUI KINZOKU COMPANY, LIMITED
Reel/Frame 075357/0342 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 17, 2020
From: ITO, TAKAHIRO; TAKAHASHI, TSUKASA; HYAKUTAKE, MASARU; YAGI, TERUAKI
To: MITSUI MINING & SMELTING CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 053809/0260 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2018-165316 · Sep 4, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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